Applications under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25,
1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 181, et seq. Applications are identified
by Bureau of Land Management serial numbers.

Authority for maintenance of the system:

30 U.S.C. 181, et seq., and 44 U.S.C. 3101.

Purpose(s):

The primary uses of the records are for proof and purpose
of applications and land status information.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:

Disclosures outside the Department of the Interior may be
made to: (1) Another Federal agency to enable that agency to
respond to an inquiry by the individual to whom the record pertains;
(2) The Department of Justice, or to a court, adjudicative, or
other administrative body, or to a party in litigation before
a court or adjudicative or administrative body, when: (a) One
of the following is a party to the proceeding or has an interest
in the proceeding: (i) The Department or any component of the
Department; (ii) Any Departmental employee acting in his or her
official capacity; (iii) Any Departmental employee acting
in his or her individual capacity where the Department or the
Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; or
(iv) The United States, when the Department determines that
the Department is likely to be affected by the proceeding; and
(b) The Department deems the disclosure to be: (i) Relevant
and necessary to the proceedings; and (ii) Compatible with the
purpose for which we compiled the information; (3) The appropriate
Federal, State, tribal, local, or foreign governmental agency
that is responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing,
or implementing a statute, rule, regulation, order, or license,
when we become aware of an indication of a violation or potential
violation of the statute, rule, regulation, order, or license;
(4) A congressional office in response to an inquiry to that
office by the individual to whom the records pertains.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:

Storage:

Complete file maintained in manual form in file folders.

Retrievability:

By individual's name.

Safeguards:

In accordance with safeguards meeting the requirements of
43 CFR 2.51 for manual records.

Retention and disposal:

In accordance with approved retention and disposal schedules.

System manager(s) and address:

Realty Officers in the Commissioner's Office, Reclamation
Service Center, and Regional Offices: Pacific Northwest, Mid-Pacific,
Lower Colorado, Upper Colorado, and Great Plains. See appendix
for addresses.

Notification procedure:

Written inquiries regarding the existence of record(s) should
be sent to the System Manager at the appropriate address listed
in the appendix. See 43 CFR 2.60.

Record access procedures:

Same as Notification above. See 43 CFR 2.63.

Contesting record procedures:

Written petitions for amendment should be sent to the System
Manager at the appropriate address listed in the appendix. See
43 CFR 2.71.